Poetry Theory Flashcards
What is Poetry?
Words that express a feeling and have rhythm
What is prose?
All writing that isn’t poetry
What is the essay analysis acronym?
Every Cat Finds String Playful
What does ECFSP stand for?
Engagement Content Form Style ....
What happens in Engagement?
Read the poem
See if it is positive or negative
Find the subject
What happens in Content?
Read the title x2
Paraphrase
Find Allusions
Dictionary
What are the 3 parts in Form?
Rhyme
Rhythm
Stanzas
Sentences
What happens under rhyme?
Finding what type of rhyme used
What are the 8 types of rhyme?
End Internal Assonance Consonance Imperfect Masculine Feminine
What is an end rhyme?
A rhyme at the end of a line
What is an internal rhyme?
A rhyme within a line
What is assonance?
Similar vowel sounds
What is consonance?
Words that don’t rhyme but, consonants make it sound like it should rhyme ex. little kettle
Repetition of consonant sounds
What is an imperfect rhyme?
Words that look like they should rhyme but they don’t
ex. Have Save
What is a masculine rhyme?
Ending in a stressed syllable /
What is a feminine rhyme?
Ends in an unstressed syllable u
What is the symbol for stressed?
/
What is the syllable for unstressed?
u